Abstract
Carnap’s The continuum of inductive methods (University of Chicago Press, 1952) is
frequently mentioned as an historical milestone in inductive logic, but seldom used
in age old problem situations. In this paper it will be shown that the application
of Carnapian distributions may be very plausible in certain cases, in particular in
coproduction with the Bayesian way of dealing with problems. This will be illustrated in perhaps the simplest possible way, viz. in the context where the question whether a (i.i.d.) device is fair is at stake.
frequently mentioned as an historical milestone in inductive logic, but seldom used
in age old problem situations. In this paper it will be shown that the application
of Carnapian distributions may be very plausible in certain cases, in particular in
coproduction with the Bayesian way of dealing with problems. This will be illustrated in perhaps the simplest possible way, viz. in the context where the question whether a (i.i.d.) device is fair is at stake.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Erkenntnis |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 25-Mar-2025 |
| Event | Paper presented at the conference in Bertinoro in 2018 in honour of Maria Carla Galavotti - Duration: 7-Jun-2018 → 9-Jun-2018 |
Keywords
- Carnap’s continuum, learning from experience, fairness as hypothesis, Bayes-Carnap distribution